[sub] Collab with [@karamonnom] and [@Saint Girralo] [/sub]
As James finished his burger, he picked up his napkin and wiped his face clean of any food remnants. As he waited to his friend to finish, he pulled out his phone and checked movie times. The theater was in the mall and he wanted to see a movie that came out a few week back, Deadpool. Maybe Nathan would go to see the movie with him, as he felt it would be way too depressing to see the movie alone. He had heard good things about the movie. Glancing back to his friend, James picked at the fries on his plate, and took a sip of the Sprite in his cup. [color=FF3030] “Hey Nathan, do you want to go see Deadpool? There's a showing at the theater in about twenty minutes, so we could easily make it, and I've heard a lot of good things about it, plus I have the time.” [/color] James said as he finished the last of his fries off, taking his trash and quickly throwing it out.
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Nathan finished up his sandwich and fries. It was pretty satisfying for what it costed. Then James brought up seeing Deadpool. He didn’t think it was James’ kind of movie but he had personally wanted to see it. [color=firebrick] “I’m down for that,”[/color] he said while folding the wrapper into a neat square. [color=firebrick] “Aren’t you worried it might be too mushy for us?”[/color] he joked with the faux-romantic comedy ads that the Deadpool franchise had put out in mind.

He got up and threw away his trash as well. [color=firebrick] “Let’s go grab our tickets,”[/color] he said.
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As James watched Nathan finish up, and cleaning up his trash, he heard Nathan respond to his question. [color=firebrick] “I’m down for that,”[/color][color=firebrick] “Aren’t you worried it might be too mushy for us?”[/color] He rolled his eyes at that statement, his mind going back to some of the commercials he had seen. While they had been a bit mushy, he knew enough about the Deadpool franchise to know that was a joke through and through. He loved the Marvel movies in the new Marvel Cinematic Universe series, even though he only had caught them on the movie channels when he was at home, and though Deadpool wasn't exactly part of that series, he knew that it would be good. He was excited when he had heard about the movie, and now he was getting a chance to actually see it.

When Nathan finally said, [color=firebrick] “Let’s go grab our tickets,”[/color], James began making his way to the movie theater in the mall. 
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Time skip
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As they exited the theater, Nathan raised his arms high above his head to stretch. [color=firebrick] “That movie was awesome,”[/color] he said. [color=firebrick] “Even all the spoilers in the world couldn’t have ruined that movie.”[/color]

He turned to his friend and asked, [color=firebrick] “So what did you think? Did you like it?”[/color]
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Nathan was right, spoilers or not, it was a great movie and well worth the money. [color=FF3030] “Yeah, it was great. How many times did Ajax ask…”[/color] “Shut up some of us want to see the movie too!” Someone in the crowd outside the theatre interrupted James. [color=FF3030] “So too mushy?” [/color] James decided to shoot back at Nathan as a joke. [color=FF3030] “You know it's still pretty early, is there anything you have in mind to do before I head home. Actually, one moment, before I forget.” [/color] James said as he pulled out his phone and soaked up his teacher for his Wednesday class. [color=FF3030] “Hello Professor Allen, it's James… No I'm fine, but I'll need to take the day off tomorrow to handle business at the diner. Apparently there were issues today and I need to make sure it was just a fluke… Thank you, I'll see you next week. Goodbye.” [/color]
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[color=firebrick] “Mushy from all the blood and guts,”[/color] Nathan returned jokingly. Then James began to talk to his professor about a day off. [color=firebrick][i] “Huh. What happened earlier today must really be bad,”[/i][/color]

While his friend was still on the phone, he spotted two random cute girls. One of them was a petite brunette while the other was a hot blond with a nice rack. As soon as James hung up the phone, Nathan grabbed him and dragged him over to the girls. [color=firebrick]”Hello ladies. My friend and I would love to treat you both to a drink. Right, James?”[/color] He smiled his classic goofy smile. 

The brunette giggled while the blonde rolled her eyes unamused. [color=turquoise] “Don’t you have something better to do? Like get crushed by a gigantic rock and die?”[/color]
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[color=FF3030] “I'm sorry about my friend here. By the way Nathan you can let go of my arm, I'm not going anywhere now. Wow, Nathan. Just because you see two very beautiful women, doesn't mean you have to run up to them and drag me along with you. My name is James by the way, Miss?”[/color] James apologised to the two poor ladies that Nathan probably just scared. Nathan would have to learn to control himself if he wanted any chance of getting a date. But these two were probably out of the question now unless James did some serious patchwork to fix the damage Nathan did.
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[color=turquoise] “I’m Vanessa and my giggly friend here is Rachel,”[/color] the blonde said. [color=turquoise] “You’re kind of cute, but you should really put your friend here on a leash.”[/color]

[color=lightpink] “Well…”[/color] the brunette who was apparently Rachel, spoke up. [color=lightpink] “I think he’s sweet…”[/color]

Nathan’s smile grew even wider, and it didn’t seem like that could be possible. [color=firebrick] “Why thank you, Rachel. So why don’t we all hang out? It’d be fun.”[/color] He turned to James as if to say to him, “This might actually work!” His excitement cannot be contained.
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James smiled as the blonde who was supposedly Vanessa suggested putting Nathan on a leash. [color=FF3030] “I think we tried that one time, Vanessa. It didn't go so well for the leash. So what do you say the two of you, one night and if you don't have fun, you never have to hear from us again.”[/color] James suggested, which also meant that Nathan would have to behave himself if he wanted a chance of a second date with either of them. This was probably the best and cruelest thing he could have done for Nathan, but since James wasn't exactly planning on a second date yet, he wasn't going to be upset. 
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Vanessa shrugged. [color=turquoise] “I guess it couldn’t hurt. But either of you tries something stupid I’ll beat you up,”[/color] she warned them.

She was a huge contrast to Rachel who was nothing but smiles. [color=lightpink] “It sounds like a lot of fun! Can we go to that one karaoke place? I love karaoke!”[/color]

Nathan was cheering in the inside. [color=firebrick] “Woohoo!”[/color] he thought to himself. [color=firebrick] “I can’t believe that worked!”[/color] 

He wrapped an arm around the cute brunette who blushed in response. [color=firebrick] “Whatever you want, cutie,”[/color] he said. [color=firebrick] “Everyone okay with that?”[/color]

[color=turquoise] “Well if Rachel wants to go…”[/color] said Vanessa, half-heartedly. She didn’t seem to enjoy karaoke that much or maybe she was too embarrassed to sing in front of people. Regardless, she couldn’t deny her best friend of the chance to enjoy themselves. Plus, one of them was kind of her type. It wouldn’t be that bad…
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James smiled softly. He wasn't into karaoke. He wasn't that confident that he could even sing well enough not to get booed off stage. [color=FF3030] “Hey if you guys want to sing, go ahead. I'll watch and not go and embarrass myself. Make sure no one sneaks off with any of your stuff.” [/color] He offered, hoping desperately that once they get there that Nathan wouldn't force him onto the stage to sing. He was pretty sure that would end the date they seemed to miraculously get very quickly, and while he wasn't interested in a second date, at the moment at the very least, he wasn't going to intentionally sabotage this first one. Nathan definitely had found some really cute ones, and was about to take the lead, when he heard a commotion near the fountain where a girl was knocked in. [color=FF3030] “What the heck? Is that?” [/color] James looked over and saw his neighbor from across the street soaking wet. [color=FF3030] “Hey!” [/color] James shouted over the crowd as he made his way toward his soaked neighbor. [color=FF3030] “Hey are you alright? You just moved in across the street, right? My name is James. You want my jacket till you can get home and get something dry on?” [/color] He offered, his jacket already in hand. [color=FF3030] “Sorry Nathan, might have to bail on this one after all. You two seem very nice, Vanessa and you Rachel, and I hope you don't hold this against me. But I'd like make sure my neighbor gets home alright.”[/color]
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[color=firebrick][i] “Noooooo Jamesssssssssss,”[/i][/color] Nathan moaned in his head. But he knew it was no use anyways. James was a good guy and that was just how he was. [color=firebrick] “Ah… okay then…See you later then,”[/color] he sighed. 

Vanessa was clearly annoyed that James wasn’t going to be there but she had already agreed to going and Rachel was really looking forward to it. But there was one thing she could do first. [color=turquoise] “Wait, James. Here’s my number,”[/color] she said while scribbling on a napkin she had in her purse. [color=turquoise] “We should hang out…”[/color]

Rachel giggled at the sight of her friend who she had never seen give out her number before. [color=lightpink] “Bye James! See you next time!”[/color] she waved goodbye. [color=lightpink] “Now let’s go! Last one there has to pay for all the drinks!”[/color]

[@Athinar]